Tobernawatha, holy well in County Limerick

What is recorded here

In pasture, at base of S-facing slope, on N side of stream. No visible surface trace of well apart from damp area (2.3m N-S; 2.65m E-W) in grassy field. (Ó Danachair 1955, 203) described it as a clear spring with some rough walling, dedicated to St. Molua. See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00194 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31127; F025.21.00193 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31126 and F025.21.00192 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/169960.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI029-010

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What survives: Recorded monument

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Created by Kglavin Modified Aug 2007 by Mike Christie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vadim Manuylov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0